On Sun, 2018-04-08 at 13:45 +0100, Paul Allen wrote: > > On Sun, Apr 8, 2018 at 12:49 PM, ael <law_ence....@ntlworld.com> > wrote: > > In the context of buses, it tends to refer to the part of the > > vehicle > > where people may stand to alight or board. > > > > In my part of the UK, we never referred to that part of a bus as a > platform. I vaguely remember these buses in Leicester city, but never heard the term platform. The last of these was withdrawn in the late 70s.
> > The old AEC Routemaster buses operated in London did refer to that as > a platform. > But that was because it was not just an entranceway but also an area > for a few > passengers to stand when it was crowded. Also there was no door, so > people could > hop on or off while the bus was moving (not legal, but people did > it). See > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Heritage_Routemaster.jpg > > In general, though, I wouldn't consider buses to have platforms. And > I would > never refer to a bus stop as a platform unless it were raised higher > than the > pavement/causeway/sidewalk leading up to it. A bus stop is a bus > stop. Unless > it's at a bus station, in which case it's a stance. +1 > Unless it's at a bus station in Wales,in which case it's a Safle. Almost, Safle Bws is a bus stop. A bus station is Gorsaf Bws :) Phil (trigpoint) _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
